NYT Crossword Answers 01/02/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Havanese greeting ARF
• 4A Tolstoy book whose title asks a question WHATISART
• 13A Reluctantly stoop DEIGN
• 16A They rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scale HABANEROS
• 17A H.S. class for tough life lessons? APBIO
• 18A “Just tell me when it’s over” ICANTLOOK
• 19A Dance move also known as a backslide MOONWALK
• 21A Skims, as soup stock DEFATS
• 22A Fig. that cannot start with 9 SSN
• 23A Org. for The Rock and Brock Lesnar WWE
• 24A Tunnel-making machine BORER
• 25A Not many AFEW
• 27A Windfalls BOONS
• 28A Keep coming up RECUR
• 30A One might lead to pay back TAXRETURN
• 34A Make some introductions, say EMCEE
• 35A The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A. OSU
• 36A Word from the Lakota for “they dwell” TEPEE
• 37A Emotional manipulation tactic GUILTTRIP
• 39A Meaty meal FEAST
• 40A Attraction on the western side of Carson Range TAHOE
• 41A “Oof!” DAMN
• 42A Seems less impressive, so to speak PALES
• 43A Spray in the kitchen PAM
• 44A German stock market index DAX
• 47A Cumbrous CLUNKY
• 49A One-to-one relationship MONOGAMY
• 51A Exchanges blows? AIRKISSES
• 53A Up to UNTIL
• 54A Eggless bread spread VEGENAISE
• 55A “A-a-a-and ___!” (improv show ender) SCENE
• 56A High-carb snack ENERGYBAR
• 57A May day celebrant MOM

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D President who wrote “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it” ADAMS
• 2D Default outcomes, perhaps REPOS
• 3D Kind of sequence that that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … FIBONACCI
• 4D Duration WHILE
• 5D Modern security threat HACK
• 6D Org. with the Rule of Law Initiative ABA
• 7D Cylindrical oven TANDOOR
• 8D Extremely well-liked? INTERNETFAMOUS
• 9D Personal opinion? SELFESTEEM
• 10D Hooting and hollering AROAR
• 11D Part of an underground network ROOT
• 12D Pithy put-downs TSKS
• 14D Main ingredient in an aviation cocktail GIN
• 15D “I like the sound of that!” NOWWERETALKING
• 20D “So adorable!” AWW
• 24D Prepare to ship, say BOXUP
• 26D Delivery means to a gas station FUELTANKER
• 27D Count in the Blues Hall of Fame BASIE
• 28D On the ___ (frequently, informally) REG
• 29D Bird whose eggs are sometimes a canvas for Aboriginal art EMU
• 30D Capotes are flapped at them TOROS
• 31D “Let’s go, sleepyhead!” UPANDATEM
• 32D Booking, for short RES
• 33D Server’s obstacle NET
• 38D “Word on the street is …” THEYSAY
• 41D ___ Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code” DAN
• 42D Night of lawlessness in a long-running horror franchise, with “the” PURGE
• 43D Try-hard POSER
• 45D Kind of acid AMINO
• 46D Stem component XYLEM
• 47D Capitulate CAVE
• 48D Lender’s security LIEN
• 49D Table outside MESA
• 50D Big purveyor of health supplements GNC
• 52D Gender-neutral term in a family SIB